Price tag



Nov'. 4, 1 930. F. KOl -lNLE PRICE TAG Filed Feb. 20, 1929 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Nov. e1, 1 3 33 rniinnnrcx; xoHNLn-or nAY'ron',onro, .assienoe To rim-fraormncrr MARKIne m TEM coM-rAnY, or DAYTON, onion CORPORATIGN oromo PRICE TAG npialication filed February 2 0,. 1929. seriai no 341,442.

This invention relates toimproveinents in 1 pintickets of the staple fastener type in which the prongs of the staple provide round pointed double shank pins formed by doubling the wire, back on itself, producing a smooth blunt point. The present invention is primarily directed to the structure of the head of the pins or staple to firmly hold the same to the ticket and embed or anchor the free ends of the wire within theticket or between the plies thereof so that only the 1t dicular position from the ticket, adapting the ins or shank portions thereof are exposed, eaving nothing to pr ck the operator orthe goods to cause injury, and at the same time substantially sustaining the pins in a perpentickets to be easily guided and fed through price marking machines for ticket price markme- 5 It is, therefore, an object :01": the'invention to provide a pin ticket with a plurality of pins extending from one side with the base portion of the pins embedded within the body or plies of the ticket.

the ticket or between the plies thereof.

'It is another object of my invention to provide a pin ticket with a plurality of round pointed double shank pins formed of a single piece of wire, with theends of the wire embedded and enclosed within the body of Anotherobject of my invention is to provide a pin ticket with one or a'plurality of pins extending perpendicularly from-one side of the ticket, suitably anchored within the body of the ticket or plies thereof, unexposing any cut ends ofthe wire forming the pins. Y v

Other advantages and features of the invention will be more fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings,

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Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pluralityof tickets united in gang and defined by transverse notches extending inwardly from'one end of the strip containing the improved form of pins or staples.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1,0f a single ticket. 7 I

Figure 3 is'a: detail perspective viewof the staple alone.

' F gure 4; is a modified an of the Staple .shownin Fi 3. ;v V I I I V plural ply material formed by folding upon itself a strip of paper stock, thereby, pre-' 'Thejtickets'as illustrated are primarily of senting a folded'edge for the head end of the ticket, at which end the staple is prefer ably secured. The" folded ed e adds" rein-Lv manufacture of the "ticket and application or crossbar of the staple between the plies of'the' ticket, and in'parti'cular the opposite cut ends of the wire from whichthe pins or staple, are formed, soasto'present only the prongs or'shankportions of the fastener from one sideof the ticket. I I The layers or plies of the ticket are adhesively secured together, therefore substantially anchoring-the head or cross. bar por tionofthe pinsor staple within the body portion ofjthe ticket or between the plies thereof, making it possible to sustain the i ticket or gang strip guidingly through 1a ns in: a perpendicular position from the, 'ticket,which is of advantage'in' feeding the price marking machine, with thepoints free from nterference Itofeedingprogress of the tag'brfstrip vfor rapidly machinepriceTmark ing'theticket'sh With thestaples anch redkizithin u body portion ofil the ticket or between;the plies thereofllthe, pins are securely and'iirmly con- 1 nected to, thetickets'a-nd no sharppointaor cutendsareiexposed, and the tickets are-cai t pable of being firmly fixed to: the; fabricor ii 7 merchandise with ease and without pricking the operator or injuring what, is marked..'

Referringjto the drawings," 1 indicates a gang: strip constituting a plurali'ty of price marking." tickets integrally joined together,

the ticketsrindividually being defined one from the other by transverse notches 2] ex tending'inward'ly from one longitudinaliedgeof the ticket. I The, notches areutilized 'to A present shoulders for engagement bya feed" finger "ef a price marking machine when tickets areniachinerice marked and also pro-vide forapartial'severance of the tags from the strip, facilitating the cutting oper nishing a pair of round pointed double shank pins 3 3 formed of a single piece of wire, each pin formed by bendlng or doubling the wire back on itself, producing a smooth blunt or rounded point.

'The end portions 55 of the wire, contiguous with a strand of each of the double wire pins, are bent at right angles to the pin to constitute a bend embedded within the'teX- t-ure of the ticket or between the plies thereof. bends or end portions 5 5 extend longitudinally of the ticket and toward the folded edge thereof. The second strands of the 1 shanks are joined by a cross bar portion 6 at right angles to the end portions Orlimbs 5 and also at right angles to the shanks, extending crosswise of theticket parallel with In the particular arrangement, these pins extending from one side of the ticket, a cross bar portion connecting the pins between the pliesof the ticket and extending parallel with'and in proximity with the fold edge of the ticket, and the free ends of the wire each respectively extending from the pin at right angles to the cross bar portion and between the plies of the, ticket, and toward the fold edge thereof, the cross bar portion and free ends forming a basefor the pins and concealed within the ticket.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name.

FREDERICK KOHNLE.

the upper edge and between the plies thereof. 7

Thus, the head portions of the staple or pins are completely embedded and hidden within the body portion of the tag or plies thereof, substantially supporting 'theshanks in an erect or perpendicular position and substantially' anchoring the pins or staple to the tag material, so that the tag can be firmly attached to the goods or merchandise ticketed, with no protruding ends or sharp points with burrs or roughened edges ex-r posedto cause injury to the user or to the goods.

In the form of staple shown in Figure 4, 1

the cross or bend portion 6 connecting the shanks or pins is in the form'of a U-bend which of itself will providea base for the pins to sustain the same in a perpendicular position to the plane of the ticket. In'the particular bend disclosed, intermediate portions 77 of the wire extend parallel with the wire end bends, adding stability and increased surface area, more securely embed.-

ding the base portion within the texture of the I ticket or between the plies thereof.

When the ticket is applied to the goods,

there isno exposure of any part of the staple from the face side of the ticket, leaving the full face available for printing or marking, 2 lncreasing its utility and attractiveness.

Having described my invention, I claim:

In a pin ticket, a ticket of plural ply thickness the material forming the ticket folded upon itself providing a fold edge along one end of the ticket, and a penetrating and attaching member therefor constituting a wire bent to form a plurality of double shank 

